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Next for iPhone, iPad: Bigger Screens?

Firm tests nearly 13-inch iPad, suppliers reveal

(Newser) - Apple's latest product experimentation may offer a window into the future of the iPhone and iPad. The company has ordered prototype phone and tablet screens that are a little bigger than what we're used to, its suppliers tell the Wall Street Journal . The iPhone 5 has a four-inch...

Words Your iPhone Won't Spell-Check: Abortion, Rape

But it will suggest 'abiogenesis': Daily Beast

(Newser) - Got the latest version of iOS on your phone? Don't expect spell-check to help you out when you type "abortiom." After using an iOS 6 simulator, the Daily Beast found iPhones do not offer spelling suggestions for a range of fairly common but controversial words, even when...

Woman Dead After iPhone Zap: Family
Woman Dead
After iPhone
Zap: Family
Jul 15, 2013 11:03 AM CDT

Woman Dead After iPhone Zap: Family

Apple looking into China death; unlikely phone is to blame

(Newser) - The family of a 23-year-old Chinese woman says she was electrocuted when she answered her charging iPhone. The story has prompted an investigation into the death by Apple as it makes waves on Chinese social media, the Wall Street Journal reports. A local official says Ma Ailun's "neck...

Boston University Sues Apple Over 1997 Patent

It asks court to stop sales on iPads, iPhones, and MacBook Air

(Newser) - Boston University is asking a court to stop the sales of the iPhone 5, iPad, and MacBook Air, claiming that all those products infringe on a patent filed by one of its professors back in 1997. The patent covers a method of generating blue lasers in a cheap, compact fashion...

Get Ready for Online Radio From Apple

Plus: New iOS likely unveiled this week

(Newser) - After a decade of iTunes, Apple looks poised to delve into another form of online music distribution: Internet radio. The service, likely to be unveiled today as the company's annual developers conference begins, could shepherd new consumers into the online-radio world, experts tell the New York Times . As it...

You&#39;ll Finally Be Able to Trade in Your Old iPhone
You'll Finally Be Able to
Trade in Your Old iPhone
sources say
Jun 7, 2013 8:20 AM CDT

You'll Finally Be Able to Trade in Your Old iPhone

Sources say Apple's first upgrade program is coming

(Newser) - You know that ancient iPhone 4 from 2011 that you're still saddled with? Well, multiple sources tell Bloomberg that you'll soon be able to trade it in for a discount on the shiny and (relatively) new iPhone 5. It's the first time Apple has allowed such a...

US Bans Old iPad, iPhone Imports in Patent Brawl

Samsung scores big win in Apple feud

(Newser) - A big win for Samsung in its long-running patent feud with Apple: The US International Trade Commission has banned imports of the AT&T models of older Apple products including the iPhone 4 and iPad 2 3G after deciding Apple violated a Samsung patent, the Wall Street Journal reports. Newer...

Apple's iOS 7 Overhaul Likely Sleek—and Late

New design guru giving software a makeover

(Newser) - Apple's next mobile operating system, iOS 7, is supposed to be in the sweaty palms of Mac fanboys as early as September. But—at least within the company—deadlines are being pushed back as the company's new design visionary, Jonathan Ive (who recently made the Time 100 list),...

Google's Now Steps on Siri's Toes

Google Now comes to iPad, iPhone today

(Newser) - "Siri, are you worried about the debut of Google Now for iOS?" Reply: "We were talking about you, not me." And we won't be talking about her for the remainder of this story, at least. Google today ventures further into Apple territory with the release of...

Apple to Pay $53M in iPhone 'Water Damage' Lawsuit

Customers said Apple did not honor warranty

(Newser) - Apple is prepared to pay $53 million to the hundreds of thousands of people affected by a class action lawsuit that alleges the computer giant did not honor its warranties for iPhones and iPod Touches, reports Wired . While refusing to admit any wrongdoing, Apple would pay about $200 per person,...

Facebook Unveils 'Home' for Phones

Download to convert Androids will be out next week

(Newser) - The "Facebook phone" is here and, as expected , it is not a phone built by Facebook. Instead, the company unveiled "Facebook Home," a download that converts an Android phone into a Facebook-centric device, reports CNET . It will be available on a limited basis April 12 at the...

New iPhone Might Be Out This Summer
 New iPhone 
 Might Be Out 
 This Summer 
rumor mill
Apr 2, 2013 2:19 PM CDT

New iPhone Might Be Out This Summer

Wall Street Journal says production to begin soon

(Newser) - Apple might have a new version of the iPhone on store shelves this summer, reports the Wall Street Journal . The company plans to start production this quarter, though details are scarce on what, if any, major changes are in store. The iPhone 5 has been out since last September. The...

Future iPhone May Land Safely When Dropped

Apple seeks patent to make sure phones re-orient in mid-air

(Newser) - Ever cracked your cell phone by dropping it on a hard surface? You may be pleased to know that Apple has submitted a patent for a device that would flip over falling iPhones so they land without breaking the screen, the Telegraph reports. First revealed on Appleinsider , the mechanism would...

Your iPhone Could Have Been the ... Telepod

Apple also considered 'Mobi' and 'Tripod'

(Newser) - Would you have bought a Telepod? Or a Mobi? Turns out those are two names Apple considered for its original iPhone, 9to5Mac reports. Ken Segall, former chief of Apple advertising, revealed the names to a marketing crowd at the University of Arizona last week. Apple's reasoning:
  • Telepod: It sounded
...

Main Reason Old iPhones Fetch $200: Hoarding

People have $9B worth sitting at home, unused, says MarketWatch

(Newser) - Got any old phones kicking around? Probably, according to a new survey noted by MarketWatch . US consumers are sitting on about $34 billion worth of the old devices, based on current trade-in values. About half of US consumers have at least two. And of that $34 billion, iPhones account for...

iPhone Stolen —From Guy Who Just Stole It

'Apple picking' amounts to 14% of NYC crime

(Newser) - How rampant is 'Apple-picking'—iPhone and iPad theft—in New York City? Well, last year saw 16,000 thefts, or 14% of total city crimes. Consider a case related by the New York Times , in which the same phone was stolen twice in an afternoon. A teenage girl...

Apple Shares Fall After Flat Earnings

Company's streak of big increases in profit ends

(Newser) - Apple's profit surge halted in the latest quarter, as a flood of new products such as the iPhone 5 meant high start-up costs for new production lines. Apple posted net income for the October-to-December quarter that was flat with the year before. It was the first time in years...

Facebook Rolls Out Free Phone Calls

They're available via iPhone's Messenger app

(Newser) - Facebook is quietly rolling out a new feature that could fundamentally change the way you make calls. A free call button has appeared in Facebook's Messenger app for iPhone, allowing users to place a call over Wi-Fi or their cellular data network to their friends, the Verge reports. Facebook...

Soft Demand? Apple Reins In iPhone Orders

Market share slipping, firm orders half the number of screens it had intended

(Newser) - The iPhone 5 may not be selling quite so well as Apple planned. Insiders tell the Wall Street Journal that lower demand has prompted the company to cut parts orders for the January-March quarter. Apple is reportedly ordering just half the screens it had intended to order, a move that...

Cheaper iPhone's Rumored Price: $99-$149

Apple reportedly already talking to carriers

(Newser) - Apple has already talked to at least one major US wireless carrier about its plans to unveil a new, cheaper iPhone , with a prospective retail price of between $99 and $149, a source tells Bloomberg . The phone would debut in late 2013 at the earliest, the source said. Apple execs...

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